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Show IS ill TO SECURE i SOLDIER PENSION ii . j information as to lode I of Procedure, i suggestions and Rules as :: j Promulgated by Senate 1 Committee. 1 1 1 V followed Applicants Will Be f Greatly Seiiefited, and Much j jj Time Saved. lEpicIal to The Tribune. f WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 19. Much Ij vlUallc time and annoyance would be li nri( iy those Interested in pension mat-it mat-it t.re f they only knew tho procedure. ' Lianitivcly few peoplo know how to ' -occed with an application for pension. 'I ltd fewer have any Idea of the office I wactlce In asking for a status of n clulni, ' e- making Inquiries of the Pension ofrice. i tVc following brief Information Is furnished, fur-nished, tvlth the suggestion that If fol-. fol-. iovred, applicants will bo greatly bene-! bene-! Sled both In time saved and labor lost ' la flilng Imperfect claims. ! Information Desired. I In an Inquiry as to the status of a claim I 'or pension or increase of pension. It Is ji4cearv to state the namo of the sol-U'il'and sol-U'il'and designate the company, regi-! regi-! -.t and war In which he sorved., and I flnumber of the claim filed In the Bu-' Bu-' rati of Pensions. ! Where pension or Increase of pension Is i wcht bv special act of Congress, tho i applicant must show that he or sho has do pensionable status under tho general bw. Inasmuch as Congress will not cn-telnln cn-telnln bll'-s where pension or increase cty be obtained through the Pension bureau, Letters Regarding- Increase. Letters regarding pension or Increase ihould say whether or not the applicant his applied to tho Pension bureau for pension or Increase, and what disposition ras made of such application, It Is not the policy of tho Government to provide full support for soldiers or ttelr widows, but to prevent absoluto rant Therefore the non-supply of full support by pension Is not good nnd sufficient suf-ficient reason upon which to baso an appeal ap-peal to Congress for Increase. 0-am Congress Considers Cases. Congress does, however, consider cases im exceptional merit not within the jurls-lflj jurls-lflj diction of the Commissioner of Pensions. I B provided tho applicant has performed aB tome meritorious military service, is ro- wiving tho limit under tne general law, S Is without Income or property, and is .8 ! physically unfit to earn a livelihood. This S also appiles to widows whoso husbands Si performed such service. 'Oj In order to enable a member of Con- j grefo to present the merits of a case in- m tfllleently to the Committee on Pensions, Si thi applicant should supply himself with: t: First-A formal petition to Congress. I signed by the applicant alone, slating I ths jervlce for which pension or increase i Is aeked. and setting up a description 4 ! o! tho applicant s physical and financial .'til condition. Tk Eccond The separate written state- ,yl ' nnt3-preferably affidavits of two or M ' three persons of standing, describing M : comprehensively the physical and finan- si ! cbl condition of the applicant, -rjj Committee Rules. Vo bill will bo considered by the Sen- ste Committee on Pensions unless appll-, appll-, cation for pension or Increase of pension : hds first been made to the Bureau of Pensions, nor while the claim Is pending In the bureau, except in case3 where- con-i con-i rluslvo proof Is presented that tho' clnlm- ant has no pensionable status under cx-I- litlns Inws "Where original pension or Increase of pension has been allowed by special act. no proposition for additional pension. will te entertained. In no case will allowance of arrears be ; recommended, nor will application for In- crts?'j of pension be favorably consid- erecLJf claimant Is regularly In receipt of 3 a salary from tho Government of tho i jilted Slates Bills Not Considered. BUls proposing to pension sons or oauchters of soldiers will not be entertained enter-tained except in cases where it is shown by satisfactory evidence that the pro- l posed beneficiary has been Idiotic, deformed, de-formed, or otherwlso permanently help-If-Rs from a porloil antedating the ago of ! xten years, and then only In case of destitution In such eases tho rnto allowed al-lowed shall not exceed $12 per month. j Increase of Pension. r Bills for Increasing pensions which have St oen granted by the bureau under the act , of June 27, l00. at less than $12 per aonlh, will not be given consideration. Jho soldier must establish his title to : and be granted the maximum rate pro-, pro-, vided by. said act before applying to : longyes.s. ir It be shown that a claimant wio Is In receipt of pension at the maxl-t maxl-t num rate under that law, Is In uuso-! uuso-! jitely destitute circumstances, or suffcr-' suffcr-' "K from a permanent disability of an fliifcimo nalu,e. a bill proposing to grant ; """tonal pension may be favorably con-! con-! swercd and If a rejected claim exists un-f un-f p,r, the general law, the equities In tho 'alter claim will receive consideration In connection with tho bill, j Bills Not Admissible. I Jills proposing to pension men who i I)."0 not mustered Into tho military ser-i ser-i .r- except In cases where In cmcrgen-! cmcrgen-! u ey Pormed military duty and Trt W0linded. or unless some special or I Miraorlnar' service was rendered in i 2$!ecllon with tho army, are not admla-F admla-F .Consideration v111 not bo given to any Proposing to restoro to tho roll tho t S, ,r .a widow whoso pension was T?mlC(1 by remarriage. - ,if,,13 Proposing to pension brothers or l'6. of soldiers aro not admissible, j v. "la f,,r orifjlnnl pension will ordinarily tf li crcon8ldcred I" preferonco to tho.so for |